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Therapeutics > Blood Component Removal > Bone Marrow Purging

Preferred term

Bone Marrow Purging  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Techniques for the removal of subpopulations of cells (usually residual tumor cells) from the bone marrow ex vivo before it is infused. The purging is achieved by a variety of agents including pharmacologic agents, biophysical agents (laser photoirradiation or radioisotopes) and immunologic agents. Bone marrow purging is used in both autologous and allogeneic BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION.

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In other languages

  • French

  • Épuration ex vivo de la moelle osseuse
  • Purge de moelle
  • Purge de moelle osseuse

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MX48L4HF-Q

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